As is routine and consistent with US regulations, persons with felony arrest warrants are subject to having their passport revoked. Such a revocation does not affect citizenship status. Persons wanted on felony charges, such as Mr. Snowden, should not be allowed to proceed in any further international travel, other than is necessary to return him to the United States. Because of the Privacy Act, we cannot comment on Mr. Snowden's passport specifically.

Everyone in the world has a different view on the rain, some love it, some hate it, and some don’t care whatever the weather. Here we love the rain and want to celebrate its importance in the world, and on the way have as much fun in the wet stuff as we can!

There are so many places in the world which receive tiny amounts of rain and make living in this type of environment almost impossible. Below is a list of opposite environments, places on earth that have inch after inch after inch of rainfall every year. So here it is, a list of the world’s top 10 wettest places to live.

The top 10 rainiest places on earth:

Here is a list of the top 10 rainiest places around the world in ascending order.

We start with a mere 200-300 inches (500-760 cm) of annual rainfall, working our way up to the extreme rainfall levels of the world with places receiving over 400 inches (over 1,000 cm) a year. Can you imagine 10 metres of rainfall every year?

Mr Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed evidence of a global surveillance regime conducted by US and UK intelligence agencies, has left Hong Kong legally. He is bound for the Republic of Ecuador via a safe route for the purposes of asylum, and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from WikiLeaks.

Mr Snowden requested that WikiLeaks use its legal expertise and experience to secure his safety. Once Mr Snowden arrives in Ecuador his request will be formally processed.

Former Spanish Judge Mr Baltasar Garzon, legal director of Wikileaks and lawyer for Julian Assange has made the following statement:

"The WikiLeaks legal team and I are interested in preserving Mr Snowden’s rights and protecting him as a person. What is being done to Mr Snowden and to Mr Julian Assange - for making or facilitating disclosures in the public interest - is an assault against the people".Source:https://twitter.com/wikileaks

This file picture taken on June 18, 2013 shows a woman walking past a banner displayed in support of former US spy Edward Snowden in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has risked the threat of US reprisals in allowing Edward Snowden to leave. PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Written byLYNN BERRY and KELVIN CHANAssociated Press

MOSCOW — A former National Security Agency contractor wanted by the United States for revealing highly classified surveillance programs has been allowed to leave for a “third country” because a U.S. extradition request did not fully comply with Hong Kong law, the territory’s government said Sunday.

An Aeroflot flight from Hong Kong believed to be carrying Edward Snowden landed in Moscow. Russia’s state ITAR-Tass news agency cited an unnamed Aeroflot airline official as saying Snowden was on Flight SU213, which landed on Sunday afternoon in Moscow. The report said he intended to fly to Cuba on Monday and then on to Caracas, Venezuela.

It’s the weekend, but I trust you have enough mental clarity to follow something simple: you have no digital privacy, full stop.Odd that the first functional argument against the cloud would find its sourcing in Washington, but this is the reality that we live in. Earlier today, TNW’s Martin Bryant published a mild-mannered article with the title “PRISM update: Recent reports you definitely shouldn’t miss.” He was quite right, but not nearly severe enough.

This is not a surprise to some, especially those marinated in the privacy scandals of the early 2000s. However, we all weren’t part of that fight, and PRISM has brought the issue back to the fore. It’s worth noting our current situation, and how the newly leaked program fits in…